Hair Archaeologist? She's Real

2/6/2013 10:30PM

A hairstylist by day, Janet Stephens has become a "hair archaeologist" studying the intricacies of ancient Greek and Roman hairstyles. As WSJ's Abigail Pesta reports, she's been published in the academic community on her research, which she says proves the intricate hairstyles were not wigs.

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